EU foreign ministers are expected to agree on an oil embargo against Iran and a freeze on the assets of its central bank at a meeting scheduled for Monday, Reuters cites French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe as saying.
France has led calls for the new sanctions to press Iran to halt its nuclear programme, as talks between Iran and six world powers - the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - have reached stalemate.
"On Monday, at the EU foreign ministers' meeting, we will be able to come to an agreement on a sanctions package in these two areas," Juppe told reporters on Thursday.
